Wk+10-11+(March+13-22)

March 11 - Final work day on children's book. Books due Wed., March 13
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Draw - Poet Partner Research Project


Poetic Terms (worksheet) - Please define these:

=== Today's Guiding Question: What are the earliest poems you recall hearing? Fairy tales are oftentimes the first introduction we have to poetry/verse form. For today's activity, we will be looking at a new twist on the fairy tale. ===

Introduce activity - Marilyn Singer - [|sound recording]
=== *A well-written poem is a work of art. Marilyn Singer has taken the art form to another level with her unique collection of reversible verse (reverso). Using classic fairy tales, Singer reveals there are two sides to every story and every poem. ===

March 15 - Computer Lab to work with your partner to create a PowerPoint presentation or Prezi for your classmates. You will be presenting it next week.
[|20th Century Poets and Poetry]

[|Poetry Archive]

[|Shmoop website]

[|Top 500 Poets @ Poethunter]